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The memory that sticks in my mind is a bit off thread as it doesn't involve a canny jukel using guile and cunning. The dog in question was a simple uncomplicated Jack Russell. He loved life and grasped it all with open arms/mouth. One Saturday my sister returned home from shopping in the " toon ". She ignored me and my dog, as was the norm, and went upstairs. I ignored her, as was the norm. About 10 minutes later I heard a scream and foul language directed to towards the terrier and went upstairs to defend him, as was the norm. I found the dog on it's side looking bloated as though a large lit
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A great many lovely images here. The old ones and the new ones. The old ones seem more important in a way. To me it because they are a record of people, and times and dogs past. The very fact that these images still exist is a small miracle. Photography was the preserve of certain class of people in it's early years. Not now of course. Taking the pictures is easy now. Storing them even easier. But the digital images can be lost within the blink of an eye. A stolen camera/phone, dropped in a river, an irate ex stamping on it, some one erasing all images to free up space. What I'm suggesting lad
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Craig1990ward, I offer you two ways of looking at your predicament, one using your head and the other from the heart. The land that you walk, does it favour terrier work or running dogs ? If you have access to land that allows a terrier being worked properly then problem solved. If you can run a running dog then retain them. If you can work both...well you're a lucky man and you may never find such fortune again. I hope that you never find yourself in a situation where you have neither types for a time, but if you ever do, then the choice may be easier. I discovered that I NEED a terrier i
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The original question was regarding a possible weakness in the Pro Sport's cocking lever. The fact that people are arguing the pros and cons of Pro v TX but not using the cocking arm as leverage ( puns intended ) in their argument suggests to me that there's nowt wrong in that area of the rifle under consideration ? I have enjoyed reading this though and thanks to the people who have posted. But...should I get a .22 or a .177 ? : - )
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Thanks for that gurtwurz. I don't think that I've put a quarter of a million rounds through any sporting gun and wont be shooting that much with the next one. It would seem that the pro sport is a tad form over function and that the TX is the better design mechanically . No matter. The form of this rifle I think will iron out any design flaws it may have regarding my criteria, basically just a nice thing to own. I will try and work out how to post pictures on here when I get one.
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Apart from the BSA owners club I've been keeping an eye on those sites but AS S rarely appear. Anyway, however much I loved the old rifle from what I've read things have moved on a lot and the pro sport is a different class to our old springers. I've still got an Omega that I've also had since new if I'm feeling nostalgic. Thanks for the replies. My mind has been put at rest regarding the cocking lever. Pro sport it is.
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Where would I find another mk2 BSA Airsporter S ? I'm always looking. ]
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Practical constructive advice. Thank you.
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I think the DNA thing was " chaff " sent out to calm people down. Sent out by those who had no clue but had to be seen be to doing something. I'm no expert but as ripen states, DNA can prove, allowing for a margin of error, if a dog is closely related to other dogs if it's DNA and it's known relatives are tested. If a random bull type is DNA tested, unless you have a DNA record of the animal's family, then there is no way of proving anything one way or the other. All you can do is prove that it is a dog and is genetically related to millions of other dogs ?
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Hello THL air gunners, I am thinking of obtaining an Air Arms Pro Sport. I don't know anyone who owns one. I'm a bit long in the tooth and the lads that I know who still shoot only use shotguns or live round firing rifles. I'm not looking for technical info as such or input on the rifle's suitability for use on small game as this is a given. I probably wont be using it that much anyway. When I have a need to use an air rifle I use a Daystate PH6 that I purchased new many years ago but it still performs perfectly, it's only design failing being the fixed magazine. The Pro Sport, in .177 wit
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There was an incident not far from where I live in NE England this week regarding a bull type. Not an APBT but looks like a Staff. The story seems to be that some silly cow took the dog to a busy public park, let the dog of the lead and then removed the muzzle that he had been wearing. The dog bit her then ran amok in the park causing panic and chaos and attacked several of the kids before some lads managed to get it on a lead and tied it to a fence. I don't know how to post pics on here but wish a did. The photo that I've seen in the local news paper of the dog tied to the fence on his own, w
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The Vatican Museums have an insane collection of sculptures depicting man and beast dating back to the earliest times. If you look you will find sculptures of hounds that could perform every job that we require from our dogs today that could of been created last week as regard their form. Times change, people change, dogs don't change...apart from the ones that suffer from being bred to standards that were created in England a millisecond ago.
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I agree with BGD regarding Col. D. Hancock M.B.E. book's as a good source of material on the origins of our modern breeds. I once ordered one of his books by post and a few weeks later received a hand written letter by the man himself apologising for the fact that the advertised book was not yet in print due to unforeseen circumstances. My cheque was included. The thing is though I hadn't ordered the book direct from him but he had obviously taken it upon himself to make sure that no one was being ripped off. An officer and a gentleman. If anyone is interested I also have a copy of " The Masti
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Hello I came across something today that is new to me. I found it in an article in the Daily Express. Long story short but there is a lady who can talk to dogs by means of entering their minds. This is how to do it : " Imagine yourself shrinking down to a miniature version of yourself, give yourself some fairy wings and fly out through a trap door in your head and into the dog's. From there you will get your dog's eye view of the world " After that she goes on to explain how we can talk to our dogs .Sort of a Vulcan mind meld thing. Now then, I used to think that I was a good dog
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I believe that if a person was to obtain or breed a pup from a cross between a border collie and a whippet , and has access to land that holds rabbits, and has basic dog sense and likes dogs, and a ferret , then a collie x whippet will make a suitable dog for the bunnies.
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Well done Pinave for taking the Russell in and giving it a home and a chance do what terriers live for. You seem like a genuine person who loves the dogs and the hunt and without ego. I wouldn't be surprised if the white dog does well for you even if his stamp may not be ideal for the quarry you work, they tend to repay what is given to them. Clever little critters they are.
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By sheer coincidence the famous photo of the late Mr. Hodgsons' dog appeared in last week's TCW. I think the brindle colouring gene is in the make up of the modern working terrier types. From bull blood but also from more primitive terrier type dogs that maybe the modern Scottish breeds are closer to. It's always been a sign of cur blood in " English " terriers IMO so was never welcomed. Not so much fashion but just personal taste ? The Russell being a pure breed pablo esc ? Of course it is. Neil Cooney defines it well. A bunch of terriers were registered with the K.C. in 1988 ( ? ) as Pa
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Land management. There are very strict rules and security as to what activity is carried out in the places where planes land and take off. None of those activities effect the hares, and so they breed and prosper. Just a happy by-product of airports. Thought as much cheers mate Wasn't meaning to be a clever shite. Thought it may of been a genuine question. My mistake. The dangers of relaxing at the end of the day with a glass of whiskey and reading stuff on THL and jumping in. When will the people who are in charge admit that brown hares in England have started to become rare since the ban
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Land management. There are very strict rules and security as to what activity is carried out in the places where planes land and take off. None of those activities effect the hares, and so they breed and prosper. Just a happy by-product of airports.
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redquil, I think you may have hit the exact nail on the head regarding the terriers that I was thinking of from the recent past. I'm a Gateshead lad and was told that these particular border/lakelands came from " ower the watta ", which didn't mean the North or Irish Sea but over the Tyne. There were a few men who had them on their gardens, the term now seems to be in their yards. Ugly yes, too game yes, but they were bred to work and nothing else. When I started getting older and more interested in dogs I gradually started to distanced myself from these lads. Conflict of ideas regarding what
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Thank you for the replies. I wish I had taken photo's of the dogs that I was thinking of. Not just the " brindles " but there were still a few Sealyham types around at the time. I wish I had spoken to the people who owned them and asked questions but didn't. I was just happy at the time to be on the outside looking in as a kid. It wasn't that long ago, forty year or so, but things and dogs have changed. Taking pics was more difficult then. Eventually I did get a 35mm SLR ( mine was a cheap Russian one but with a good lens ), then send the film off to be developed and printed. Expensive. That c
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jeemes, I offer a sincere apology if my comments have detracted from your topic. I did write that I have no personal experience of the breed and my comments would be only conjecture or bullshit, it would appear to be the latter. I have found it to be a very interesting topic of the kind that are the very reason that I sometimes dip into THL. In this instance it is Samurai who has came up trumps. I take my hat off to you sir and if any offence has been taken from my words then it was not intentional. I am aware that you did not purchase the I.G. as a hunting dog but it is a fortunate animal to
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I wrote "18 terrier " I meant to write 181b terriers. My point was meant to be that they could kill a rabbit with one shake or crunch of the ribs, or whatever part of it they got in their mouths first. But they didn't kill even though they knew they could ( God knows why, they just got it and wish I could train a terrier to do it now )and would sometimes find it hard to keep hold of a rabbit. Sometimes they would use their feet and weight to just hold the rabbit and give up on moving it. That was what I was trying to illustrate about how strong a rabbit can be. I just can't see an Italian Grey
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jeemes, what answer are you hoping to get form here ? What are intending to do and hope to achieve with an Italian Greyhound ? I think you know that they are a toy breed of dog not a hunting dog ? The comments other people have made regarding the breed being delicate in regards to housing and being difficult to house train I would think stem from lack of thought on behalf of their owners. They are a toy breed that can not be expected to cope without a lot of human care. Whippets are small coursing dogs and don't look like Italian Greyhounds, Italian Greyhounds are from that type that were
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I've subscribed since year dot no matter what. When it first came out I had my fingers burned by another very short lived monthly working dog mag and was reluctant to send more money to more strangers. I wrote to the man who was editor of EDRD at the time and he assured me that it wouldn't happen with his mag. That was more than twenty year ago and every month since then an issue has been sent. That editor is still the same man who produces an issue every month without fail. If you have read a few old issues then you have an idea of what's produced every month. It's just tales and opini
